Kitsap County Democratic Women Monthly Meeting
Located on the Kitsap Peninsula, we are one of the largest Democratic Women’s Organizations in Washington State.
We meet on the 4th Wednesday of most months, gathering at 11:30 am to eat and chat. The meeting starts at 12:30. Usually we have a guest speaker talking on issues important to all Democrats with Q & A following. Frequently, these speakers are local politicians.
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26th Legislative District General Membership Meeting
Date: Thursday, October 5, 2023
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Marvin Williams Center, Bremerton
Meeting agenda coming soon…
26th Legislative District General Membership Meeting
Date: Thursday, August 3, 2023
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Virtual via Zoom
This will be a virtual meeting. We will be using Zoom; no downloading is required. We recommend people join using a computer so they can see the speakers live. However, you can just phone in using any phone (cell or landline).
If you wish to join the meeting, please RSVP here with your name and email address and you will be provided instructions for dialing into the meeting.
This will be a Zoom meeting to vote on endorsements. Zoom Link will be sent to you after you RSVP.
Meeting Agenda:
6:30 – 6:35 PM: Opening
Call to order, pledge of allegiance, land acknowledgement
Recognition of elected officials and first-time guests
6:35 – 7:00 PM: Program
Call for vote on Endorsements/Approvals of Candidates
Megan Higgens – South Kitsap School District Director District 2
Jane Rebelowski – Bremerton City Council District 4
Marwan Cameron – Bremerton City Council District 4
7:00 – 7:30 PM: Business Meeting
- Approval of July General Meeting Minutes
- Treasurer’s Report
- Report on Fundraiser
- Good of the Order
- Adjournment
Panel on Social/Criminal Justice Reform – June General Meeting
PANELISTS:
Tarra Simmons, the Executive Director of Civil Survival and Seattle University Law graduate who won a long fight to simply take the bar exam after being incarcerated.
Drew Hansen, State Representative from the 23rd District.
Tracy Flood, a local civil rights lawyer and President of the Bremerton chapter of the NAACP.
Chad Enright, the Kitsap County Prosecutor, and Danielle Armbruster of the Department of Corrections.
Danielle Armbruster, Assistant Secretary of Corrections,
Adison Richards, moderator
PROGRAM:
Our nation incarcerates people at the highest rate of any nation in the world. Washington State’s prison population has gone from about 3,500 in 1980 to over 18,000 today. Of that population, Washington State incarcerates almost six people of color for every white person, one of the highest rates in the country. Federal, State, and county budgets are eaten up by the costs of incarceration. Recidivism, or the rate that people return to prison, remains stubbornly high. Why? Is our criminal justice system working to reduce crime? How does incarceration impact a person’s life? Are there things we do that increase the likelihood someone will go to jail? How do we balance public safety with personal responsibility, while not punishing everybody for life for the worst thing that they have done? Can the goals of public safety and changing our methods of accountability work in common? What can we do about it?